40 Tex. Admin. Code § 700.704 - Family Service Plan for Family Reunification Services Cases
(a) Initial time
frame. Within 45 days after the case is opened for family reunification
services, as defined in §
700.703 of this title (relating to
Family Reunification Services), the Department of Family and Protective
Services' (DFPS's) Child Protective Services (CPS) Division must establish a
detailed written plan of service for the family.
(b) Purposes. The purposes of the family
service plan for families receiving family reunification services are
to:
(1) establish a structured, time-limited
process for providing services; and
(2) ensure that services progress as quickly
as possible towards enabling the family to:
(A) reduce the risk of abuse or neglect;
and
(B) function effectively
without CPS assistance.
(c) Required content. The family service plan
must:
(1) include the reasons CPS is involved
with the family;
(2) include an
assessment, developed with the family, of family problems and strengths and
resources that can be utilized to help the family reduce the risk of child
abuse and neglect;
(3) identify the
goals or changes needed to reduce the level of risk;
(4) specify the tasks the family must
complete during the effective period of the plan in order to make the needed
changes;
(5) describe the services
CPS must provide to help the family complete those tasks;
(6) indicate how CPS will evaluate the
family's progress in completing each task and individual goal;
(7) indicate the period of time and frequency
of the tasks and services; and
(8)
meet federal and state laws.
(d) Parents' participation. The worker must
attempt to work with the parents to develop the family service plan. After
completing the plan, the worker must ask the parents to sign it, and give them
a copy of it. If either parent will not sign the plan, the worker must document
on the plan the reasons why a parent will not sign and must give the parent a
copy of the plan.
(e) Plan review.
After completing the initial service plan, the worker must review the plan with
the family and update it when significant changes occur within the family. At a
minimum, the worker must review and update the plan every six months.
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